For the fourth year in a row, we asked all of you to vote on the year’s best and worst in music, and you came out in your droves to have your say on everything from 2014’s albums and tracks, to its heroes and villains, strangest stories, hugest WTFs, plus all and everything in between.

Tallied from thousands of entries, here are the final, unedited results of our 5th Annual Readers Poll, and we must say once again, that we commend you all on your good taste and savvy takes on the last 12 months.

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